Starry, Inc. announced a joint initiative with Marvell to make available a new set of fixed wireless technologies that they expect will power the future of connectivity for broadband access. The collaboration will bring together elements of Starry's innovative millimeter wave, pre-standard 5G fixed wireless technology, specifically, Starry's integrated circuit, smart-antenna technology, with Marvell's expertise in 802.11ax technology. This new technology will be available for companies seeking to build the internet access networks of the future.

Through this initiative, Starry will help accelerate the development of a pre-standard 5G technology ecosystem to meet the bandwidth and connectivity demands of the future. The Starry and Marvell collaboration focuses on two key areas. The first initiative makes available the ‘blueprint' or reference design for Starry's cutting-edge millimeter wave, point-to-multipoint fixed broadband transceivers.

This design incorporates Marvell's 802.11ax chipsets with Starry's millimeter wave integrated circuit, smart-antenna and cloud management software. This is the essential ‘blueprint' for manufacturing transceivers that utilize millimeter wave spectrum to receive and deliver, on a point-to-multipoint basis, high-capacity internet to the home. The transceiver is the “last mile” to the premise, whether it is an apartment building or single family home.

This unique point-to-multipoint transceiver technology was developed by Starry and is entirely unique and new to the market. Making this technology available more broadly in domestic and international markets, will help fixed wireless providers, of all sizes, dramatically improve scalability and deployment of their network, making ubiquitous broadband access closer to reality. And, for new market entrants, access to this technology will enable them to build an end-to-end wireless broadband access network, further expanding competition in the internet service provider sector.

The second area of collaboration between Starry and Marvell makes available a cloud-based Internet and WiFi Network Monitoring Platform that provides access to a high-quality, network and customer management monitoring technology. Platform users will be able to manage every node of the network and see network performance in real time, from base stations and receivers, to in-home WiFi hubs for end users subscribed to the service. This suite of technologies will be available to those companies using Starry's transceiver technology to build or expand their networks, and to existing internet service providers or other types of broadband providers seeking software technology to manage their networks and subscribers, while also providing high-quality customer care and service.

Together these two technology offerings represent a significant leap forward in making pre-standard 5G technology more broadly available to advance the development of next generation access networks outside of the typical incumbent footprint.